LGBTQ
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Snapshot – LGBTQ+ Dramas ‘Rent Free’ and ‘Spark’, Jena Malone in ‘Consecration” and More Set VOD Release Dates
Jena Malone in Consecration directed by Christopher Smith [Anthony Ellison]
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Corey Payette’s ‘Starwalker’ Musical Drama Makes World Premiere at Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival
Starwalker by Corey Payette (Pender PR) Starwalker, the dramatic musical feature film from award-winning Indigenous writer, director and composer Corey Payette (Les Filles du Roi) will have its world premiere at the 35th edition of the Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival on May 23, 2025. The film, which screens on the festival’s opening night, was adapted from a musical production of the same name.
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Snapshot – George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to Present AFI Life Achievement Award to Francis Ford Coppola, Release Dates for Jess Plus None, Midnight in Phoenix and more
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to present the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award to Francis Ford Coppola
Steven Spielberg, Geroge Lucas at the American Film Institute 44th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to John Williams (Jean Nelson | dp)
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Snapshot – The Quincy Avery Effect Documentary Debuts on Hulu, On Swift Horses Opens in Bay Area Theaters, ‘Egghead & Twinkie’ on VOD + more
‘The Quincy Avery Effect’ documentary premieres on Hulu
Quincy Avery, one of the NFL’s most sought-after quarterback coaches, and the man behind the rise of some of football’s biggest names, from Jalen Hurts to Justin Fields, CJ Stroud, and Jordan Love, is the subject of the documentary The Quincy Avery Effect. Directed by Bryant Robinson it premieres on Hulu on April 23rd.
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Jimpa starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow to Open NewFest Pride and San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Olivia Colman and John Lithgow in Jimpa by Sophie Hyde (courtesy Frameline. NewFest) Jimpa starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow will open the 2025 editions of NewFest Pride on Thursday, May 29th and Frameline49, the 49th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival on Wednesday, June 18th. Directed by filmmaker Sophie Hyde, the drama made its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
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‘Lavender Men’ Trailer – Lincoln’s Queer History is Fantasized in Lovell Holder’s Film Adaptation of Acclaimed Play
Gillian Williams as “The First Lady,” Ted Rooney as “The President,” and Alex Esola as “Elmer” in Lavender Men directed by Lovell Holder (Courtesy of Matt Plaxco | Pride Flix) Lavender Men, directed by Lovell Holder, is the kind of film that makes you question everything you thought you knew about Abraham Lincoln. Adapted from the critically acclaimed play developed by Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder, it explores an elaborate fantasia about the 16th President’s gay love affair.
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Alexis Langlois’ Queer Musical Film ‘Queens of Drama’ Satirize 2000s Pop Divas | Trailer
Queens of Drama (Les reines du drame) (Altered Innocence) Set against the backdrop of the early 2000s music scene, the lesbian pop musical satire film Queens of Drama (Les reines du drame), directed by Alexis Langlois, stars Louiza Aura, Gio Ventura, Bilal Hassani (France’s Eurovision Song Contest 2019 singer), Alma Jodorowsky (Blue Is the Warmest Colour), Nana Benamer (Langlois’ shorts The Demons of Dorothy and Terror, Sisters!), Asia Argento (XXX, Land of the Dead, Marie Antoinette), Thomas Poitevin, Dustin Muchuvitz, Raya Martigny.
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‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Trailer – Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff Star in Charming Rom-Com Film
A Nice Indian Boy by Roshan Sethi (Screenshot / Wayfarer Studios) Karan Soni and Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff star in the award-winning romantic comedy A Nice Indian Boy as a newly engaged gay couple meeting Soni’s conservative Indian parents. It is based on the play by Madhuri Shekar. In an interesting twist, Groff plays a white man adopted by two Indian parents.
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A Trans Performer Must Rediscover Their Voice in J Stevens’ ‘Really Happy Someday’ Film at BFI Flare | Watch Clip
Really Happy Someday by J Stevens (Spindle Films) J Stevens’ Really Happy Someday will make its UK Premiere as an Official Selection of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival on March 22nd, 2025.
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39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Queer, ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and more
Drew Starkey, Daniel Craig in Queer (Yannis Drakoulidis. Courtesy of A24.) The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19 – 30, 2025, unveiled its full program. BFI Flare is divided into three thematic program strands: Hearts, Bodies and Minds and presents 34 World Premieres (across features and shorts) with 56 features, 1 series and 81 shorts from 41 countries.
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‘Dreams in Nightmares’ and ‘Night Stage’ Headline BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Night Stage (Courtesy of M-Appeal) The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (19th – 30th March) has set Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon’s erotic thriller Night Stage as its Closing Night Gala on 29th March and Shatara Michelle Ford’s road trip movie Dreams in Nightmares as a Special Presentation on 23rd March.
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Andrew Ahn’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Starrin Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone to Open BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-Chan and Bowen Yang in The Wedding Banquet (Luka Cyprian, Bleecker Street) Following the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Andrew Ahn’s dramedy The Wedding Banquet makes its International Premiere as the Opening Night Gala film of the 39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19th – 30th, 2025.